Faculty and Staff Submissions 2026

Kim Carfore, Photo 1

I was invited to attend, and supported by, the annual International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture conference. After taking a boat to an island to watch a documentary on climate change in California (after the streets had flooded) at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, the sunset reminded me that nature knows what she is doing.

Kim Carfore, Photo 2

While attending the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture annual conference in Venice, Italy, my American, midwestern work ethic held strong. But within days, linear thinking and rigid schedules were washed away by the Venetian infrastrucure. A reminder that wandering, curioustiy, and wonder are also methodologically sound.

AJ Casteel

I started the decade on a sponsored trip in Africa. This photo was taken on the Zimbabwe side of Victoria Falls.

Adil Ahsan

Change the World From Here

Stephen Zune, Photo 1

Crossing a swinging bridge over a gorge during at three-day backing trip on the southwestern tip of New Zealand's South Island

Stephen Zune, Photo 2

During a research trip to Iran, I visited an orphanage where they put on some Persian music and I danced with the children